Gratia Countryman

Gratia Countryman
President of the American Library Association (en) 1933 - 1934
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Hastings (en) , 26 Nuwamba, 1866
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mazauni	Minneapolis (en)
Mutuwa	Duluth (en) , 26 ga Yuli, 1953
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Minnesota (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	librarian (en)
Employers	Minneapolis Public Library (en) Hennepin County Library (en)
Mamba	American Library Association (en) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (en)

Gratia Alta Countryman (lafazi mai launin toka-sha) (Nuwamba 29, 1866 - Yuli 26, 1953) sananniyar ɗakin karatu ne na ƙasa wanda ya jagoranci ɗakin karatu na Jama'a na Minneapolis daga 1904 zuwa 1936.Ita ce 'yar manoma baƙi Alta da Levi Countryman.Ta yi majagaba a hanyoyi da yawa don sa ɗakin karatu ya zama mai sauƙi kuma mai sauƙin amfani ga dukan mazauna birnin,ba tare da la'akari da shekaru ko matsayin tattalin arziki ba.Ana kiran ɗan ƙasar "matar farko ta Minneapolis" da "Jane Addams na ɗakunan karatu".

Rayuwar sana'a

Countryman ta sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Minnesota tare da Digiri na Kimiyya a 1889 kuma ta fara aiki a ɗakin karatu na Jama'a na Minneapolis a ƙarƙashin James Kendall Hosmer.Ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar laburare ta ƙasa a ɗakin karatu na Jama'a na Minneapolis daga 1904 zuwa 1936.Lokacin da ta karɓi wannan aikin ta san cewa za ta sami kashi ɗaya bisa uku na wanda ya gabace ta,$2000.00 a shekara.

Saboda falsafar iliminta na wayar da kan jama'a, an kafa tari da dakunan karatu a dakunan kashe gobara na Minneapolis, masana'antu, asibitoci, da wurin karatu na buɗe ido a Gateway Park. Countryman ta kasance shugaba mai ƙwaƙƙwaran wanda, a cikin shekaru 32 da ta yi a matsayin shugabar laburare ta taimaka wajen haɓaka fa'idar ɗakin karatu da isa ga fa'ida.Ta kula da gina rassa 12 da motar daukar karatu ta tafi-da-gidanka,ita da ma’aikatanta sun kara dalla-dalla fiye da 500,000 a cikin kundin kundin da aka riga aka tsara, shirye-shiryen da ta kirkira sun karfafa wa yara gwiwa su karanta,matasa da matasa don ci gaba da karatunsu,kuma sun taimaka wa manya su samu kuma rike ayyukan yi a lokutan yaki,koma bayan tattalin arziki da bakin ciki.

Wannan Muƙalar guntuwa ce: tana buƙatar a inganta ta, kuna iya gyara ta.